Breitling launches a special watch in celebration of its partnership with Bentley Motors. The Breitling Premier Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition shares part of its design inspiration with Bentley’s Continental GT Mulliner Convertible, which was also launched today.

Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42 Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition
Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42 Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition

The new Breitling timepiece commemorates 17 years of collaboration – the longest-ever partnership between a watch brand and an automobile manufacturer – and focuses on the Bentley Mulliner workshop, which since 1959 has crafted the leading luxury carmaker’s most unique tailor-made models.

Bentley’s Continental GT Mulliner Convertible
Bentley’s Continental GT Mulliner Convertible

Breitling’s partnership with Bentley Motors can be traced back to 2002, when the iconic automobile brand was designing its legendary Continental GT. Bentley commissioned Breitling to create an onboard clock that would reflect the unparalleled luxury, peerless quality, and extraordinary performance of the new grand tourer, which made its debut in 2003.

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Bentley’s Continental GT Mulliner Convertible

The values that have always defined the partnership between the two world-leading brands are once more on display with the Premier Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition. As its name suggests, the new Breitling watch has close links to Bentley’s Continental GT Mulliner Convertible.

The New Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42 Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition
Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42 Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition

Georges Kern, Breitling’s CEO, says that the new chrono- graph underscores one of his brand’s most important partnerships: “The Premier Bentley Centenary Limited Edition that we launched a year ago was warmly re- ceived both by Bentley and Breitling fans. The Premier Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition, with its clear links be- tween Bentley’s and our DNA, is a logical next step in our shared story. It is also a testimony to Bentley Mulliner, whose name is synonymous with heritage, craftsmanship, and outstanding performance.”

Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42 Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition Watch review
Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42 Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition

Adrian Hallmark, Bentley Chairman and CEO, commented: “The long-standing relationship between Bentley and Breitling is a reflection of the values we both share and our dedication to world-leading performance, luxury, innovation, and refinement. The links between the new Premier Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition watch and Bentley’s Continental GT Mulliner Convertible are evident in the exquisite engraving detail of the watch and the design features that reference the Breitling clock on the GT’s dashboard – a perfect display of Mulliner craftsmanship.”

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Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42 Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition

The Bentley Mulliner Workshop

Bentley’s Mulliner workshop is an extension of Mulliner, a family company that can be traced back to carriers and saddlers in 1559, just one year after Elizabeth I came to the throne. However, real prominence came to the family in 1760, when Francis Mulliner was commissioned to build and maintain carriages for the Royal Mail. In 1870, Francis’s son, Robert Bouverie Mulliner, started his own coachbuilding company called Mulliner London Limited – sharing his father’s restless pursuit of perfection.

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Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42 Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition

For nearly 150 years, Mulliner has been renowned for its bespoke handcrafted coaches, created to the highest standards to meet the exacting requirements of its customers. Mulliner first began coachbuilding for Bentley in 1923, before entering into a partnership with the automotive brand in 1959, and for more than sixty years the workshop has given life to Bentley’s creativity and to its customers’ dreams. Each Bentley Mulliner model is a product created with an exquisite level of detail.

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Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42 Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition

The Breitling Premier Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition

A Breitling watch worthy of the Bentley and Mulliner names has to be a very special product indeed. The new chronograph has some close links to the interior of the Bentley Continental GT Mulliner Convertible, the most luxurious GT ever designed, and particularly to the Breitling clock in the luxury automobile’s dashboard.

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Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42 Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition

The Premier Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition is limited to 1000 pieces. It features a 42-millimeter stain- less steel case presented on a blue alligator leather strap, echoing the Imperial Blue leather interior of the car. Its elegant silver dial recalls the Bentley Continental GT Mulliner Convertible’s dashboard clock. The watch features blue subdials – a 30-minute counter at 3 o’clock and a small-second subdial at 9 o’clock – an indication revealing the presence of the Breitling Manufacture Caliber 01, with an impressive power reserve of approximately 70 hours. The dial features a white tachymeter scale on a blue inner bezel around the dial, with a red tachymeter inscription.

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Bentley’s Continental GT Mulliner Convertible

The links between the watch and the clock are further strengthened by their complementary sets of Arabic numerals: the dashboard clock features the numerals at 12, 3, 6 and 9, while the watch has the mat 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, and 11. Sharing these numerals across the two pieces is a nod to the design DNA they share. The red second hand and centered 60-minute scale mirror the red stitching found throughout the interior cabin of the Bentley Continental GT Mulliner Convertible.

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Bentley’s Continental GT Mulliner Convertible

On the left side of the case is a plate with an engraved “Bentley” inscription, whose design is based on the engine spin dashboard found in historic Bentleys. Around the watch’s transparent sapphire caseback is an inscription that reads “MULLINER EDITION – BREITLING – ONE OF 1000”. The Breitling Premier Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition is a COSC-certified chronometer.

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Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42 Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition

Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42 Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition

Technical specifications:

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Movement:

·      Caliber: Breitling Manufacture Caliber 01

·      Diameter: 30 mm

·      Depth: 7.2 mm

·      Winder: self-winding mechanical, bidirectional with ball bearing

·      Power reserve: approximately 70 hours

·      Number of components: 346

·      Balance frequency: 28,800 a/h or 4 hertz

·      Chronograph: column-wheel, vertical clutch, 1/4th second, 30-minute counter

·      Display: hour, minute, second

·      Certification: COSC-certified

Case:

·      Material: stainless steel

·      Diameter: 42mm

·      Height: 13.65 mm

·      Water resistance: up to 10 bar (100 meters)

·      Glass: sapphire, convex, double anti-reflective

·      Caseback: screwed steel, sapphire glass

·      Crown: non-screw-locked, two gaskets

Dial/Hands:

·      Silver with contrasting blue chronograph counters

·      Super-LumiNova luminescent hour and minute hands

Strap: Blue alligator leather strap with pin or folding buckle

The price for the Breitling Premier B01 Chronograph 42 Bentley Mulliner Limited Edition $8,650 USD.

For more information please visit Breitling or Bentley Online.